Question Receiver and Speaker Setup Advice

[Crazymerio]

Hello all,

I haven’t posted on the forums yet so I hope I’m not doing anything wrong with my thread. And my questions definitely pertain to multiple forum locations but I thought it made sense to just do one thread.

To quickly summarize my issues I’m getting into Vinyl and figured I should try to upgrade my current surround system at the same time. I care about the sound quality but don’t have too much Hi-Fi experience yet so I’ve mostly just been reading reviews and researching things.

For the record player I picked up a Pro-Ject Carbon Debut Evo and a Pro-Ject Phono Box DC for the preamp, so I definitely don’t want to short change those with low quality speakers or receiver/amplifier.

I just picked up a pair of second hand Fyne Audio F303 floorstanders for a good price, but now I’m a little hung up on if it’s better to go with a fancier vacuum tube stereo amp and just have a separate stereo system that performs well. Or if it would be better to upgrade my old receiver to something that can power a full set of the Fyne Audio F300 line (a 5.1 setup probably) and possibly add some wallmounted speakers in the future for a Dolby Atmos setup. (And if anyone has done that, how much of an issue is system matching for Atmos speakers?) Does this mean a noticeable loss in audio quality?

TLDR:
Advice on choosing nice stereo Amplifer vs. Atmos-ready Receiver for a Hi-Fi/Home theater setup. And recommendations for either system with Fyne Audio F300 line speakers.

 

[gibbsy]

Welcome to the Forum.

You will not get the same quality of audio for stereo on an AV amp as you would on a comprable integrated stereo amp. If you want to use the same front speakers for both film and music then I suggest you get either an integrated stereo amp with HT by-pass to run alongside the AV amp or buy a cheaper standard stereo amp and use a speaker switcher for the front speakers.

You could of course just purchase an AV amp that will do all you want and have those features such as pre-outs for adding a HT by-pass stereo amp in the future. For that you would need something like the Denon X3700.

 

[CaptainJames]

What @gibbsy said. To do full justice to your turntable and phono stage, you need a dedicated stereo amp. Which one is dependant on budget of course, but for your turntable and speakers I would suggest you need to be spending in the £500 - £1000 range.